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Apple's iPad

2010-01-27T10:17:00.000-08:00

Been watching the Apple Event Live thanks to Engadget. I'll probably be the millionth person blogging about this but hey, it's what us bloggers do. It's what we've been expecting fr a long while; a cross between the iPhone and a laptop. This will also make the e-readers (Kindle, Nook) have some competition as it's about the same size as them.

Will have 16-64GB Flash Storage
Bluetooth
Accelerometer
Compass
10+ hours of battery power
Will plan to be far better than a "clunky PC software netbook"
Plays videogames very smoothly
The App SDK is now available for developers (a note for me by far)
iPad-only apps can be made, thus expect to see games with better graphics and speed.
iBooks and iWork, works on the iPad
Data plans through AT&T with unlimited data for $29.99 and no contract (but AT&T is an instant fail -_-)
...but 3G models are unlocked ^_^
..and can dock a physical keyboard to it ^_^
Cost of the iPad..starting at $499.99

Of course photos are thanks to and copyrighted by Engadget

Wii Classic Controller Pro

2010-01-25T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hijacking this bit of news from the people over at Engadget. Just when you thought the Nintendo Wii couldn't have enough controllers, both 1st and 3rd party, Nintendo throws another one at us. that's right, you are looking at a "pro" version of the Classic controller. The extra shoulder controllers and the larger size of it is what designates it as a "pro" model.
I'll be honest, I think it's pretty cool to have if you are like me, somebody who doesn't have the original Classic controller, who enjoys buying the classic games and who in a sense collects video game merchandise. If you are not in that category, chances are the controller will be like many of the other Wii peripherals, bought by many, played by few.

AT&T's Weird (New) Network Flaw

2010-01-18T11:33:00.000-08:00

Just when you thought AT&T's fast (to drop your call) 3G service wasn't buggy enough or if you live in New York city and were denied your purchase of the iPhone due to AT&T STILL not ready for iPhones 3 years later...you are going to love this little bug. AP News & Yahoo are reporting that a new bug caused people to sign into other people's accounts via their cell phone. No, they weren't trying to hack into somebody's twitter account and post another pathetic "DO NOT PAY for White Teeth!" tweet, they were simply trying to access their facebook account but instead found themselves on somebody else's account. AT&T's 3G network...so "fast" it'll even knock you into somebody else's account (after 20 minutes of load time of course)

My New Photos

2009-12-28T08:33:00.000-08:00

Finally got the chance to add some new photos of myself from a recent photoshoot. My goal was to capture an image that will both be cool and show I'm into anime of course.

Check them out on Facebook or Myspace.

Chuck Thwarts Terrorists

2009-12-23T09:18:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I fought terrorism. I'm not lying at all. With the power of the internet, I thwarted a terrorist training program.

Yesterday I noticed a story about terrorists using Youtube to recruit people on CNN. Here's the link to the video on CNN ---> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/12/22/robertson.youtube.terror.recruits.cnn

The terrorist videos mentioned were uploaded by some scum behind this youtube account

http://www.youtube.com/user/BentOsamaBenLaden

What I did wasn't hard and unlike what the Secretary of Homeland Security said, it WAS a silver bullet. After I left some colorful comments for the terrorist scum, I flagged the video and "poof"...the video was gone as well as the entire account!

What I proved was that although there is an evil side to the internet, the good side is there too. If we all just do our part on the internet to hack these guys and thwart their network..we can all disable them.

Am I scared of these people..not at all, thus why I openly admit to disabling their videos. I'm a New Yorker who was a senor in high school during 9/11. Being on Long Island where 600 people from here died that day, the scene at my school was horrific. Many of my friends called their parents on their cell and never got a return call, ever again. If the army won't stop them, I'll gladly do my part to end them -_-

(side note: I actually look a bit like Chuck Norris so the image above fits well)

Re-cap on the Blizzard of 2009

2009-12-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

Ok, I'm a bit late on this but after almost a week, we are still digging out of the snow that smashed through the Long Island area. My town in particular (Selden) was hit the hardest of anywhere in the country from this thing on Sunday. We got the record 26.3 inches of snow!

In my 26 years of being on Long Island, I've only seen this kind of snow fall 2 times and NEVER before Christmas. On Sunday we shoveled for 6 hours...just as a start and as we continue with our lives, we keep digging through the stuff to make way for what we need to do.

What was even more amazing about this storm, was that the snow was very localized. In other words, parts of the island only got about 13 inches of snow while we got double that amount. Normally we get the rain mix or low snow fall here while the inland parts of the tri-state area get the brunt of these things but we claim the prize here for the most snow from this thing in the country.

-Images from the morning after the snowfall

jQuery

2009-12-20T12:40:00.000-08:00

Programming for years now has been using the OOD (Object Oriented Design) workflow and with that comes the ability to use what was made in the past as a template and then build on that. My time in college back between 2002 and 2005 was sadly wasted on what was, even then, old ways to code Java, Javascript and all the other computer languges. But hey, you got to learn about what composes the wheel although the industry is at the time making cars...right?

Ah the folly of the Universities...anyways, a few days ago I was introduced to jQuery by a post done by one of my favorite bloggers, Danny Choo.

jQuery seems to be the child of OOD and truncates javascript into smaller, better to manipulate bits.

With that said, time to get going on this as well, with Android on the plate too ^^;; Any jQuery tools I either make or find out, I'll be sure to post here or on my other sites. For now, check out Danny Choo's Photo Annotation feature in the link above.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 beta ...Denied!

2009-12-17T14:39:00.000-08:00

Got a message from Adobe today about the sad news that they will not be doing their originally planned public beta for Flash Professional CS5. This is understandably due to the popularity of CS5 and that is because of CS5's ability to convert your actionScript Flash project into an iPhone app.

Here's the message they sent out to all who applied to all those who wanted to be a part of the beta:

"Please take note of this important update: Adobe will not be releasing a public beta of Adobe Flash Professional CS5 software. This is a change from the plan we announced in October at Adobe MAX 2009. Since that time, Adobe has seen an unprecedented amount of interest in Flash Professional CS5 and the included Packager for iPhone.

The decision not to release a public beta was made to ensure the earliest possible delivery of the final software to the large number of designers and developers interested in Flash Professional CS5 and the included Packager for iPhone.

For additional information about this announcement, please visit the Flash Platform blog.

The Flash Professional Team"

Oh well, guess it'll be best to just buy it :-/

-Image from iphoneoverdose.com-

New Site Design

2009-11-05T17:59:00.000-08:00

Been waaaaay too long since my last post here. That now has changed and I even redid the whole darn site. Hope you all like it. This blog is for me to post stuff not (always) related to anime and videogames as well so I'll be hopefully getting back in touch with current events and the needed venting of many different issues.

The banner might change as I'm getting a photo shoot done soon but up there is of course that common model shot of me ^^;; as well as my art and my fiancee Danielle too ^^

The design is similar to my newer anime.fm format and expect links to other sites I either make or am a part of ^_^

E-Commerce Tax

2009-04-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the economy has been doing bad. We can go on for hours on the causes, the culprits and the results of many of the actions taken. One action trying to be done will automatically prevent new jobs, destroy thousands of current ones and cause any type of recovery we see now to go out the window. It's a law that would force you to pay sales tax on say anime figures you buy outside your own state.

I'm talking about the tired case of Quill vs. North Dakota, aka the e-commerce tax, or the "amazon tax." Looks as if two moronic politicians, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Representative Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) want to try to unconstitutionally break a Supreme Court ruling that clearly states that you only pay sales tax if the business you purchase from is in the state you reside. I've already made my point clear and as of today, the great editors and staff at BusinessWeek.com put my comment on the front page for today.

Many Internet businesses have grown despite what the economy has thrown at them. My anime business has grown steadily as well despite me starting it in late 2006 and throughout this whole recession, my customer service has been creating a thriving company that hopefully soon I can create jobs with. New York already broke the laws of the land by having it where you have to pay the already inflated New York sales tax even if you don't live in NY!!

Because many rich scammers out there can't run their hedge funds anymore, the states are strapping for cash they once had from these legal Ponzi Schemes and that means your anime items, not just from me, but from every anime business or all products from all e-commerce businesses will cost more for you. Instead of doing the right thing, many states want to steal money from the average citizen by imposing this tax. Granted a very small universal tax should be a solution to accommodate the state's need and ours but...we all know that won't happen either because of states like New York who can't balance their budget even in an utopian society.

I know I'm sounding much like Code Geass's Lelouche but fighting this is a must for anyone who wants to see the economy continue to recover from such idiotic actions. Call your state representative or aid ebay.com and overstock.com in their fight against this. You can also add to the discussion on BusinessWeek.com along with me. Despite what naysayers think, many e-commerce sites, including my own already pay enough taxes to our state government. I cringe every time I have to impose the Suffolk County 8.625% sales tax on anime figures bought by my fellow New Yorkers. An besides, if my company grows and I add more employees, income tax comes into play and that's where the money should come from! Its a crime to begin with and there is no way this crime should be allowed to expand.

An Otaku on BusinessWeek

2009-01-05T10:43:00.001-08:00

For the second time I once again grace the front page of BusinessWeek's website. This time, instead of poking fun at Secretary of Treasury Paulson, I got my own article up there. The article might not be anything of use for my fellow anime fans but in it I talk about how email is the number one form of communication between me and my customers, which is usually fellow otaku. Business has been getting rather busy but even so, I'm not answering phone calls like a maniac as seen in my day-job or in many other businesses. Granted, the anime fan demographic is that of people who are in this century and who would use email instead of a phone to answer simple questions.

Basically, we all know jobs could and should be kept here in the US (for those of us living in the US). I know many people, anime fans or not would love job opportunities to open up if major companies just keep their international staff internationally. Anyways, check up on the article if you'd like.

True Love Is Real

2009-01-04T17:53:00.000-08:00

An interesting study came from my former college of Stony Brook University and was posted on CNN today. Looks like true love, or love that lasts a life time does indeed exist. Problem is only 10% of couples have it. My opinion is that the ego of the couple tends to fade the love fast and why you see so many people leaving their loved ones.
I most definitely fit in that 10%. Been dating my now fiancee Danielle for over 6 years and I love her more each day. I feel sorry for those who can't keep the love going. The secret is not that secret...just love the person you're with more than anyone else out there. That person should be your number 1 priority. Learn to get over any dislikes in habits and such. Both people in a couple should be able to like everything about the one they love and both should learn to submit any ego issues they have.

For all those losers in my senior year back in 2002 who tried to challenge this with me and Danielle....read it and weep. Most of those people who were a thorn in my side then I only knew from my senior year and like many in the town of Selden are living soooo sad lives., not my long time friends though. Still buds with them in Facebook and myspace (which wasn't around at the time) and also prove that a life of both submission and independence is actually the way to live and love.

...and that's my random 2 cents for the day ^_^.

Economic Solution

2008-12-28T10:37:00.000-08:00

Submitted this to Business Week as a solution to the economic issues the US faces. I'll admit, my anime business is doing just fine in this economy, even with a much stronger yen so I'm not really feeling what everyone else is crying about. Yet, the economy needs help and it sure as hell doesn't involve what has been done; feeding the rich morons who started this mess in the first place. Here's what I suggested:

"If you think of the economy as a plant, its roots have been shortened and its sunlight has been taken away by the economies of India and China, excessive credit lifestyles fronted by the financial and educational system and the obviously pointless raise in home prices over the past 10 years. Thus, causing a dying "plant". Granted, parts of the economy are still growing and much of this is panic but there is a lot of work to be done. All the government has done is water the top of this "plant" by feeding the financial industry in hopes it will all trickle down. An obvious fail since all the banks have done is profit from the money and buy out their dying competitors (like my bank, WaMu, being bought out by Chase ).

Though I feel the basic fundamentals of capitalism is lost by ANY bailout, the bailouts will and have happened. Thus, to fix this mess with a bailout we must fix from the bottom, up.

Instead of giving the money directly to the banks, the people in foreclosure should be given the money to keep their homes for at least one year but as a lesson learned in the needless housing price increase and terrible credit lifestyle, the value of their homes and all homes should be then dropped back to their real values. For example, a home here on Long Island went for $90K in 1998, it now costs $300K. Chances are the current owners bought it for about $300K and are risking foreclosure. The value of their home and homes in the area should be then dropped back to say $100K but they can still live in it. No more should they be allowed to refinance, a price to pay to keep their homes. T he money given to this group obviously goes back to the banks since that's who the money is owed to, thus ending the financial industry's complaints about not getting their money. This also restarts the dead residential real-estate industry since the average income should be able to now afford the average house with at least some sort of decent down payment.

Like any extra income that comes to any company, it gets taxed. This should be the same for banks and the financial industry. They should be taxed heavily on this "extra money" if they do nothing with it. The same would go for me if my company's profits increased. If the extra cash flow is simply held by the banks and not put into loans for businesses, payrolls, new home owner loans and new industries, then most if it needs to go right back to the government to use for Health Care and local government infrastructure. The same tax burden should come down to companies that continue to outsource, manage horribly and those who give their execs far too much bonuses. Those bonuses along with dividends should be taxed more. This allows the money to boomerang back to government to lessen the burden on the value of the US dollar and the overall taxpayer burden.

There should be one more, slightly bigger stimulus package like we had. The average person who qualified for the first one should be given on average of $500 a person (instead of the $300 of the first one). This will give a boost to all areas but like with the money given to those in foreclosure and then the banks, if it's not used for any growth by the receiving people or businesses, it should be taxed more.

One other area that needs to be taxed heavily is the college education system. Most people are forced into a debt lifestyle that starts with a college education that as of lately doesn't return its overpriced value. College is needed of course but tuition needs to be dropped across the board and the truth that you can make money with and without college should be more common knowledge. Heads of college administrations who have been living very fine off the overpriced and underachieving education should see their days in heaven come to a stop by being taxed for their extremely hurtful wealth.

Last but not least is indeed more spending in the green industry movement. America needs to be the forefront of invention and innovation and we are sitting on a gold mine that just needs to be dug. Industries heavily outsourced need to be heavily taxed and if they join in with new green companies in keeping workers here, keeping innovations here and the re-installment of quality in US products, then the economy will flourish and they should then be rewarded with tax breaks, the incentive that got them outsourcing in the first place. The national debt should then be tackled. Once that is done, the US dollar should be backed by gold again and the FED should be abolished with all the banks and companies given their own chance to succeed or fail without the strings of the hard working American citizen attached.

In short, the solution is to feed the economy from the bottom up and those at the top who do not utilize the help given should be taxed to make sure the ends justify the means and all areas benefit. Trickle-down economics has been long dead and in a world where one's say and presence is more available in the age of the Internet, more can be done if the average person is given the torch and not the wealthy who have obviously tried to set the whole place on fire. "

There is more that could be said and can be done to fix the economy, but most of us can agree the actions done thus far is just the rich covering their own asses. I'm someone with a good chance of being rich with all that's on my plate at the moment but I know I wouldn't mind giving a bit more back to the average income earner since it is the average consumer who fuels my business in the first place! Other companies and the rich should realize that if the average middle class consumer goes, so too does their businesses and their wealth. The economy only works if all the cogs in the system are working.

College Education Gets an "F"

2008-12-04T07:41:00.000-08:00

Not much of a surprise to many, all colleges in 49 out of all 50 states got a big "F" for lack of affordability. The only state to pass was California with a pathetic C-. One of the cogs in the current financial/economic meltdown is indeed the ridiculously priced college education. There is a serious problem when the cost of "higher-education" is practically a mortgage without a house. My previous posts about college shows that I'm not too fond of the terrible ROI and over-exaggeration of college's importance in our society but there is many good that a college education can do. That potential is completely shattered by the same greed that realtors and banks had over the past decade in which has absolutely decimated our economy. The blatant theft done by the housing and financial industry has only crept up over the past 30 years and of course rushed on up in the past 5 years; but college education's thievery has been in a constant grow for over 80 years.

Many news stations have been reporting this and there are many numbers that are going around but this can be certain; the pricing of homes, oil, electricity and college education MUST drop to accommodate the average working salary or no amount of bailouts will be enough to fix the economy because the cause of it, seen right here is just simply pampered by bailouts.

Obama to Cancel Bush's Stem Cell Ban

2008-11-11T11:45:00.000-08:00

In yet another batch of great news to come from the recent election win of Barack Obama, it appears that Bush's old ban on stem cell research will finally be lifted. More on it from CNN here.

This will of course upset the very white, very conservative and very angry part of this country that for all too long has had their cultist say in things. I hate to come back from my lack of blog posts with such a bashing but it had to be said. The conservative part of this country are just the western equivalent to the extremeist islamic terrorists of the mid-east, but mind you, like anywhere else, it's not the whole group of people.

Listen, I'm not for abortion and really neither are the scientific groups involved in stem-cell research but we have to grow up as a nation and see a blessing in science when its right there in front of us. The cure for cancer and many other illnesses is staring us in the face but because of dark-ages old thought, it has been prevented. Abortion is wrong in my opinion if the sex that lead to the conception was a mutual agreement, if the pregnancy is far too late in progression, or if the pregnancy doesn't endanger the mother. I'll leave it at that and hopefully the amount of hate mail below won't be so much, but what can I do; there are still people in this modern age who believe in talking snakes, who are stubborn as mules, and who will cut their nose off despite their face. Remember, umbilical cords also have stem cells and if we don't act quickly in this research, many more people will be living needlessly short lives because some 2000+ year old cult wanted them to supposedly meet their maker sooner then later.

New Bailout Plan Passes

2008-10-03T10:39:00.000-07:00

Looks like as of a few minutes ago, the House of Representatives passed the new, revised $700 Billion bailout plan 263-171. Though much better than the ridiculous plan proposed by Paulson and Bush, still I bet some people will be questioning if this will be a plan for them or just the 1% of the country that has more than $100,000 in the bank. I listened in to the hearing and I was glad to hear the house actually bashing Wall Street CEOs for their obvious mess ups (lets not forget the greedy Realtors who bumped up house prices beyond anyone's reach). I didn't get to read the entire new bill that I believe can be read at house.gov but stuff like pushing for more money into green businesses for new jobs, the hope of credit flow to small and private businesses (not just the idiots on Wall Street), tax breaks for business owners who keep jobs here, tax breaks for many homeowners, and renegotiations for homeowners in trouble seem to be what is needed. Thankfully they claimed that this will erase those CEO "golden parachutes" but we'll see about that in the coming months. The FDIC limit increase I feel is not really necessary since again, only 1% of Americans even reach the old $100,000 mark in the bank, but at least the horrible bottle-feeding, trickle down economics plans of Bush and Paulson was somewhat stopped. This maybe shows that this country is not a communist/socialist country as of yet but it sure is coming close to with the minority rich still having too much of a say over everyone else. I'll admit I got a bit of worries about this but I was about to pack my bags for Japan if the first bill passed. If McCain comes into office or if Obama blows it...I'll have to rethink that plan again.

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Chuck Gaffney (Me) on BusinessWeek.com

2008-09-29T18:20:00.000-07:00

Looks like my comments about the US economy got me on the front page of businessweek.com! My anime business and my old health business got me to realize different sides of the financial spectrum and as some of you know, many of us (including myself) were furious about that now failed Paulson $700 bailout plan that was going give the crooks who stole from the US the money back. I know this isn't really otaku related but I would assume that man of you can't avoid the news on it so I''m extra happy to see that my comments got me to the front page of the biggest business site on the web. You have to be living under a rock to not know that the US economy is in the crapper. Caused by the nepotism between Wall Street and the government, greedy Real Estate agents and loan sharks and an overpriced and overrated college system that teaches everyone to be worthless 9-5 cubical-slaves, this economy was just a house of cards that was ready to fall. All isn't doom and gloom though; one of my anime wholesalers, Diamond Comics did a report on the increase in sales anime and collectible goods and the turnout at the New York Anime Festival 2008 sure doesn't show signs of a recession there. Thankfully the internet has given all of us a voice and I'm very humbled and honored that I'm featured on the front page of one of the biggest business sites in the world. I of course commented about the incompetence of Treasury Secretary Paulson. Here's my entire comment:

"Secretary of Treasury Paulson was the CEO of Goldman Sachs, turned the company's $30 Billion debt into $100 Billion. The guy is not even qualified to count your cash as a teller at any bank let alone come up with anything that deals with money or in this case, have the US taxpayers write him a blank check. The guy hardly qualifies enough to flip burgers since there would need to be someone there to make sure he doesn't miscount the orders!"

Link to the comment here.

Blogger is Finally Fixed

2008-09-26T06:32:00.000-07:00

Holy frecken ass-crackers! For some of you that were wondering... yes this blog was down for exactly one week. Why, should you ask? Because Blogger goofed up last Friday. There has been so much news going on and I've been sitting like a middle-class person at the recent financial hearings. So glad to be back. I was sick last weekend with the flu and my webhost kicks the bucket the same time blogger got clogged yet they denied that they didn't work for one week. Anyways, today is a huge day since I'm taking the train now for New York Anime Festival 2008. More on that and FREE Death Note II: Last Name Tickets!!

Monsters Everywhere in the News: Bigfoot Found, Montauk Monster, Chupacabra Chase

2008-08-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Some of you might have heard of all the weird things that recently been going on in the past few weeks. At the end of July there was the now famous Montauk Monster that washed ashore only an hour away from my home over in Montauk, Long Island. View my other blog post on it if you dare to keep reading on this raccoon/pig/turtle/WTF is it?

Now, just two days ago a Texas deputy catches video of what appears to be the Chupacabra. History channel's Monster Quest recently had a report on the creature with actual bodies that have been kept and tested on so its only a matter of time before this once legendary creature becomes a part of the real list of animals. Check out the video here. Head from one of the bodies found below.

If that's not all, as of two days ago apparently two hunters in Georgia found a dead body of Big Foot and they have it in a freezer. To hopefully calm the scepticism I also have, there is going to be a news conference tomorrow apparently on this whole this so maybe this is actually legit. Alleged picture below:

With the Internet age well embedded in our culture and daily lives, information and technology has brought things to a point where we could finally solve these riddles but it also means if any of this is to be real, much more has to be done to prove to us because the Internet has made it so easy for hoaxes to be done and spread.

BusinessWeek and My Anime Business

2008-08-10T11:23:00.001-07:00

Looks like things are starting to finally pay off in my anime business. As of a few days ago I finally got the capital needed to put the nails on my job's coffin. Chuck's Anime Shrine matched 2007's gross sales in late April and early May, and with a goal of $10,000/week sales in the next few weeks, 2008's numbers will be looking very nice with 2009's profits all the more sweeter. A recent deal with Japanese manufacturer, Milestone is going to upgrade the business from anime retailer to anime wholesaler and even BusinessWeek wants to get an idea on what I'm doing with a future excerpt from me and a little featured deal. If it wasn't for my involvement in Amway, I would have never thought of diversifying myself, getting free from my job and being truly happy. As I'm hammering the nails to the coffin that holds my college-degree job, I'll probably return to more involvement in Amway since, lets face it, royalty income is the way to go and no MLM is better for it.

Hope that adds some lemon juice and salt in the wounds the naysayers of Amway got from their boss whipping them for being 1 minute late to their job.

Amway and the Naysayers Who Grind My Gears

2008-08-03T07:58:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Cathy Cross for becoming an IBO ^_^

Ok, most people know me as the anime loving otaku who was part of the Anime Music Video movement a few years back that lead to all those crazy AMVs you see on youtube. As of last year some people will also note that I turned my high school anime fandom into a anime figure business that will have me completely out of the job world by next month or before my 25th birthday in November. I will also make sure everyone knows that I'm a proud Amway/Quixtar IBO. Most of my 2-3 year time off on my anime site is thanks to my involvement in Amway. It can also be thanks to the stupid job I had at Friendly's Ice Cream here in Selden, NY... that also made me realize that I was feeding the mentally challenged. Now I simply work for one at my college-degree job of at a certain camera store as the website bitch..I mean co-webmaster. A Flash series is oh so needed to depict the utter stupidity of the common folk in this area and my current boss at BB.

After working with people in my job and in Amway I've come to the conclusion that many many people are simply tools to society. We are forced to believe that a college education is the key to the finacial and overall success in life. Check out my previous posts, the most successful people in the world, the successful youtube generation entrepreneurs like myself and plain old common sense and you'll see that's a bunch of smoke and mirrors. The reality is that many people end up working for the rest of their life for a few jobs they don't want to be in. They will rush to work and cause car accidents and needless traffic congestion because their boss will practically ass-rape them if they arrive at 9:01.

Today's society and economy can be depicted like lemmings falling off the cliff because the other ones did ahead of them did, too. The lemmings being society and the ones ahead of them being their parents before them. Otaku and the youtube generation has seen enough of our parents fall victim to common stupidity as you can easily see across the net. People who have put down Amway, Mary-Kay, anime, the internet and the like are going to be extinct in the next 20 years as the youth of America and the world today realizes they've been duped to be nothing but my oh so favorite coined-by-me word, cubical-slaves.
Oh, and don't be surprised if you find me at Comic-Con, the Tokyo Game show, on the G4 network and other famous otaku places in the world drinking my XS Energy drinks and eating an Amway meal bar. Being an entrepreneur in my companies proves I'm no fool and nobody's tool and I would probably be right if most of my otaku friends also agree with that, too.

-Image thanks to business week's take on Amway. Look through the comments for "Chuck G." That's me

What's Your Cubical Like?

2008-07-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

On a number of occasions I will point out that a job is equal to "cubical-slavery" but whether you plan on leaving it like I am or living in it your whole life, its the place you are at the most so why not make it look cool. CNN did this awesome article on some nice cubicals. The picture shown there is very interesting but a bit small so here you can see another nice cubical design from LifeAfterCoffee. I would show mine but I emptied it since it'll soon be vacant. Just simple papers and tasks there now. If you got a cool cubical post a link to its picture in the comments section.

My iPhone 3G Waiting Time

2008-07-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday before going out to see the amazing Dark Knight Movie I went to go buy a 3G iPhone but with no luck since every place here on Long Island was completely sold out. Its not much of a surprise because of how hot the item is and being a store owner myself I completely understand running out of a hot item. Yet, the wait times for the 3G here is about 20 business days from time of purchase! I thought Apple was making enough 3Gs to accommodate the obvious huge surge in sales...which I think they did but the retail stores sure didn't note it from the looks of it. Luckily I did get to test it out a bit as a demo and my anime site came up pretty fast indeed. I simply love the apps and might join in the apple dev group to make my own. Other than not having one yet, I've seen no issues with the 3G. Any issues on your end? (if any of you do indeed read this)

BTW for CAS (Chuck's Anime Shrine) I will make a mobile version for iPhones and other phones.

College and Its Credit Bedfellows

2008-07-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

I know, yet another post about college but I simply had to put this out. Looks like the country's financial issue stems alot more into the whole University-to-Cubical-Slave dogma then even I thought. Check out this article just posted by BusinessWeek. In it they show that colleges and alumni associations get paid HUGE money by banks if the they sell student contact info to them for of course credit card applications and student loans. It continues to amaze me how we continue to throw our kids (and our wallets) into universities like sheep to the slaughter (as seen in the articles lovely pics shown here).
As stated in my previous post about how worthless a college education is now and the sort-of hidden motives by colleges; this article just shows that this country's lack of money stems right at that focal point. $400K homes and the ever raise in the cost of living wouldn't have fallen to this economic depression we are in if people were taught the truth that the best point of wealth is not to rot in a cubical of a job (jackass of boss) all their life but instead be their own boss down the road with a job as a buffer. I did post a length comment on this story under the name Chuck G. of course, so if you want to add on to this here or on BusinessWeek...be my guest. The picture below shows the amount of money some universities get. Its absolutely sickening.

-Pictures are illustrated by J. Alex Stamos and couldn't be any truer.